ESOMAR

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

100,000€ - 199,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

5

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    ESOMAR   (ESOMAR)

    EU Transparency Register

    29952722795-07 First registered on 15 Dec 2009

    Goals / Remit

    ESOMAR is the global voice of the research, analytics and insights community, speaking on behalf of over 6000 individual professionals and 700 companies who provide or commission research, analytics and insights in more than 130 countries, all of whom agree to uphold the ICC/ESOMAR International Code.

    Together with national and international research associations, we set and promote professional standards and self-regulation for our sector and elevate the value of research, analytics and insights in illuminating real issues and bringing about effective decision-making.

    Founded in 1948, ESOMAR gathers both the provider and client side, as well as in public bodies and academic institutions. Our members are present in over 130 countries, and nearly half of our membership is based in European countries.

    To strengthen the community, ESOMAR creates and manages a comprehensive programme of industry-specific and thematic conferences, publications and communications.

    Main EU files targeted

    Currently, our advocacy activities are centered on the following topics:

    - Data protection and privacy
    - Responsible research and innovation
    - ePrivacy
    - Copyright, text and data mining
    - Self- and Co-Regulation
    - Freedom to conduct opinion polling research
    - Audience measurement
    - Demographics measurement
    - DE&I
    - Platform Workers Directive

    Address

    Head Office
    Burgemeester Stramanweg 105
    Amsterdam 1101 AA
    NETHERLANDS
    EU Office
    Burgemeester Stramanweg 105
    Amsterdam 1101 AA
    NETHERLANDS

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    50%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Kim Smouter 19 Feb 2019 19 Feb 2020
    Mr Kim Smouter 20 Mar 2017 16 Mar 2018
    Mr Jan Willem Knibbe 12 Jan 2016 11 Jan 2017
    Ms Johanna Ruwen 12 Jan 2016 11 Jan 2017
    Mr Kim Smouter 15 Dec 2015 04 Dec 2016
    Mr Kim Smouter 09 Dec 2014 04 Dec 2015
    Mr Kim Smouter 17 Jan 2014 09 Dec 2014
    Mr James Shaw 26 Feb 2013 23 Feb 2014
    Mr Kim Smouter 09 Jan 2013 03 Dec 2013

    Complementary Information

    The service is led by a Head of Public Affairs and Professional Standards supported by 1 full-time coordinator.

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    ICC International Chamber of Commerce
    Future of Privacy Forum
    International Association of Privacy Professionals
    ISO International Standards Organisation

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    100,000€ - 199,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    100,000€ - 199,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    We promote effective self-regulation, and enforce the ICC/ESOMAR International Code of Conduct.

    We issue industry position statements advising EU regulators and legislators which are regularly published on our website:
    https://esomar.org/services/advocacy

    We regularly conduct delegation visits to facilitate exchanges between European officials and sector stakeholders in order to provide inputs in EU policy-drafting and policy-making activities and to improve our regulatory compliance advice to members and the broader sector.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    5 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

    • Date 03 Mar 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Data Strategy; E-Privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Horizon Europe and Open Data
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
      Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation
      Attending
      • Christiane Kirketerp De Viron (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject GDPR, privacy shield, e-privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject GDPR, e-privacy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Safe Harbour
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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